Heliocentric Astrology
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Heliocentric astrology is a method of astrology based on birth charts where the Sun
is at the center.
Standard forms of astrology are geocentric and the geocentric birth chart is drawn with the Earth
at the center, and the planets are placed around the cartwheel in the positions that they would appear in the sky as seen by a person who is looking at them from the center of the Earth.
The Greek language
word "helios
" means the Sun. Heliocentric Astrology draws birth charts with the Sun at the center, and the planets are placed around the cartwheel in the positions that they would appear if someone looked at them from the center of the Sun.
Geocentric Astrology relies heavily on the ascendant
, midheaven
, houses, the Moon
, planetary aspects (astrological aspects) and placements of birth planets in the houses and signs. But Heliocentric Astrology does not have houses, the ascendant or midheaven, and there is no moon in heliocentric birth charts. Instead, Heliocentric Astrology depends primarily on planetary aspects and configurations for interpretation. For this reason, no astrologer uses Heliocentric Astrology to the exclusion of Geocentric Astrology. But supporters of Heliocentric Astrology believe that it can reveal much that Geocentric Astrology cannot and therefore recommend that all astrologers add Heliocentric Astrology chart analysis as a supplement to Geocentric Astrology.
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
is at the center.
Standard forms of astrology are geocentric and the geocentric birth chart is drawn with the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
at the center, and the planets are placed around the cartwheel in the positions that they would appear in the sky as seen by a person who is looking at them from the center of the Earth.
The Greek language
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
word "helios
Helios
Helios was the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn...
" means the Sun. Heliocentric Astrology draws birth charts with the Sun at the center, and the planets are placed around the cartwheel in the positions that they would appear if someone looked at them from the center of the Sun.
Geocentric Astrology relies heavily on the ascendant
Ascendant
The ascendant , or rising sign, is the zodiacal sign and degree that was ascending on the eastern horizon at the specific time and location of an event. According to astrological theory, celestial phenomena reflect or determine human activity on the principle of 'as above so below'...
, midheaven
Midheaven
The midheaven is a point of definition in the ecliptic coordinate system. It aims to find the part of the ecliptic that corresponds to the highest point in a celestial object's apparent daily traverse of the visible sky, midway between its ascension on the eastern horizon and descension on the...
, houses, the Moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
, planetary aspects (astrological aspects) and placements of birth planets in the houses and signs. But Heliocentric Astrology does not have houses, the ascendant or midheaven, and there is no moon in heliocentric birth charts. Instead, Heliocentric Astrology depends primarily on planetary aspects and configurations for interpretation. For this reason, no astrologer uses Heliocentric Astrology to the exclusion of Geocentric Astrology. But supporters of Heliocentric Astrology believe that it can reveal much that Geocentric Astrology cannot and therefore recommend that all astrologers add Heliocentric Astrology chart analysis as a supplement to Geocentric Astrology.